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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 6h

Reading the same book for the 40th time: 1. Full performance 2. Skipped page detected. Caught. 3. Word-by-word compliance 4. Falling asleep mid-sentence (one of you) 5. "Again." #picturebooks #bedtime

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Toddler hunger, in order: 1. "I'm not hungry." 2. "I'M STARVING." 3. (food arrives) 4. "I don't want that." No further announcements at this time. #toddlerlife

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Toddler hunger, in order: 1. "I'm not hungry." 2. "I'M STARVING." 3. (food arrives) 4. "I don't want that." No further announcements at this time. #toddlerlife

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Two-year-old definition of a smooth ride: car seat buckled in 1 second. Car seat unbuckled in 47 seconds. The middle is a complete mystery. 🚗💨

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Every household has one: the book you've read so many times you could recite it during a power outage. Which one lives at your house? 📚 #picturebooks #kidlit

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Toddler parking lot protocol: hands held ONLY while both feet are on the ground. The moment they're carried, the hand is free again. Rules are rules. #toddlerlife

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That one library book has been at your house for nine weeks. At this point it's less a loan and more a family member with a due date. #picturebooks #librarybooks

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fourteen toddler socks in the drawer. Two are acceptable. The other twelve are in a tiny witness protection program under the couch. #toddlerlife #picturebooks

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The best week of the year nobody schedules: No plans. New stack. Slow mornings. The toddler picks the same new book four days running, and nobody anywhere is mad about it. #picturebooks #december

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

December 26th, every year, without fail: New books get read all at once, in random order, partially upside down. Old favorites watch from the shelf like, "we'll see you Thursday." We always see them Thursday. #picturebooks #toddlerlife

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tonight's assignment, wherever you celebrate: One book. Best voices. Slow it down. The big morning gets all the attention, but the quiet read the night before is the part they'll keep. Merry Christmas Eve. 📖✨ #picturebooks #christmaseve #bedtime

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Bedtime forecast for the night before the night before: Zero percent chance of falling asleep on time. One hundred percent chance of "one more story" in a tiny voice that knows exactly what it's doing. We ride at dawn. Or 6am. Whichever comes first. #toddlerlife #december

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Can we read ONE more book?" — every toddler, mid-December, 8:47pm Translation: I am too excited to sleep and books are my best delay tactic. Respect the strategy. Hold the line anyway. #picturebooks #toddlerlife #bedtime

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If a two-year-old is on your gift list, a gentle nudge: The noisy stuff peaks on day one. A good book peaks on night three hundred, when it's still the one they bring you. Gift accordingly. 📚 #picturebooks #giftideas

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

December bedtime, week three: The negotiating party has eaten nothing but cookies since breakfast and would like to discuss a fourth book. The reader's voice is holding. Barely. Send hydration. #picturebooks #toddlerlife #bedtime

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Lamps off. Tree on. One small listener. There's a week in December where bedtime reading happens entirely by tree-light glow. It's the coziest literacy program ever invented. #picturebooks #bedtime #december

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For every grandparent asking what to get a two-year-old this year: Skip the giant plastic thing with 40 parts. Get one good picture book and be the person who reads it out loud. That's the gift they'll still remember at 25. #picturebooks #grandparents #giftideas

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Gift question for those who know: What's the ONE book you'd hand someone buying for a two-year-old? The one that got read until the spine gave out. That one. Drop it below — building a list. 📚 #picturebooks #giftideas #kidlit

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Holiday gift hierarchy, as demonstrated by every toddler ever: 1. The box. 2. The tissue paper. 3. The ribbon. 4. (distant) the actual gift. Pro tip: wrap a book in paper that crinkles. Now it's a two-gift combo. #picturebooks #toddlerlife

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Holiday gift criteria, toddler edition: Beeps: temporary thrill. Blinks: ten good minutes. Batteries: a slow tragedy by January. A picture book: works every night, charges on nothing, reads different every time. #picturebooks #giftideas

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

December 1st shelf protocol: Every holiday book returns to the front of the stack like it never left. Each one gets greeted like a rock star back from tour. Reunion season is officially open. #picturebooks #december

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

November closes the way a good book does: Quietly, under a blanket, one page longer than anyone planned. December's stack starts tomorrow. Tonight: finish this one slow. #picturebooks #bedtime

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Long-weekend reading stack status: Day 1: ambitious stack. Day 2: same three books, forty times. Day 3: nobody remembers the stack. The three books remain. The three books always win. #picturebooks #toddlerlife

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The best Thanksgiving tradition isn't on any menu: Full table. Full plates. Then one small person brings one book to one tired adult. That's the whole holiday. Everything else is side dishes. Happy Thanksgiving. 🍂 #picturebooks #thanksgiving #gratitude

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Thanksgiving Eve shelf inspection: Books about sharing: present. Books about family: present. Books about a turkey who figures it out: present, and requested twice. Shelf is ready. Kitchen is next. #picturebooks #thanksgiving

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Somewhere tonight a read-aloud session enters hour two. The reader's voice is gone. The listener's energy is not. Hydrate. Stretch between books. This is a marathon sport now. #picturebooks #toddlerlife #bedtime

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Early holiday math: One toddler on the list. Nine ideas that beep, light up, or require batteries. One quiet counter-argument: a good picture book never needs charging and never plays the same song twice. #picturebooks #giftideas

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

First genuinely cold night of the season hits different: Lamp on. Blanket up. One book. One small warm listener. Winter reading doesn't start on a calendar. It starts on a night like this. #picturebooks #bedtime

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The library holds list in November: Requested in August: "whenever." Requested in September: "soon." Now: ALL ARRIVED AT ONCE. The hold shelf has no mercy. The tote bag was never big enough. #picturebooks #librarylife

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Somewhere in the middle of a good picture book there's a page that lists what matters. Family. Warmth. A dog. A spoon. The big things are small. That's the whole genre. #picturebooks #gratitude

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The blanket fort is technically a library now. Requirements: one blanket, two pillows, every book you own, and a librarian who says "again." Hours: always. Closing time: never. #picturebooks #toddlerlife

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Picture books come in two speeds: Loud: trucks, roars, doorbells, animal parades. Quiet: moons, goodnights, slow snow. Which speed does your shelf run tonight? #picturebooks #bedtime

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Clocks fell back. Darkness now arrives at 4:45. Every toddler: "It's night. Story time. Bed." Every parent: "It's 4:45." Every toddler: "Story. Time." The conviction is impressive. The timing is not. #picturebooks #bedtime #toddlerlife

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Post-Halloween bedtime treaty, clause one: One story, zero candy negotiations, and nobody inspects the pillowcase again until morning. The reading voice stays calm. The candy logic does not. #picturebooks #toddlerlife #bedtime

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Halloween night ends the best way: Costume half on. One book. One very tired listener. The candy can wait. The story can't. Happy Halloween. 🎃 #picturebooks #halloween #bedtime

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Post-trick-or-treat bedtime story speedrun: One book. Quick voices. No extras. The negotiating party has candy plans and zero patience for a second read. #picturebooks #halloween #bedtime

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Halloween Eve reading assignment: the book with the doorbell page. Because tomorrow the real doorbell rings 40 times and everyone needs the practice. Professional preparation. #picturebooks #halloween #toddlerlife

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

October shelf math: One pumpkin book: seasonal. Six pumpkin books: a collection. The same pumpkin book every night: a personality. Which one lives at your house? #picturebooks #halloween #toddlerlife

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Every "spooky" picture book has one page the toddler must inspect alone. It's a friendly ghost holding a cupcake. Still: inspected. Verified. Approved. Twice. #picturebooks #halloween #bedtime

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

October picture book rules: - The costume book is requested 9 nights straight - Every costume change in the illustrations is studied like a blueprint - The final costume decision: the same as last year Commitment. Vision. Zero flexibility. #picturebooks #halloween #toddlerlife

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The last page comes too fast sometimes. So you read it slower. Then once more. Then the back cover counts. Nobody warns you the back cover counts. #picturebooks #bedtime #toddlerlife

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Every reader has a book that turns them into a full sound effects department. What's yours? The cow book? The truck book? The one page with a doorbell? #picturebooks #bedtime

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Bedtime negotiation, minute 0: "New book tonight?" "Yes." (Opens the same book as the last 41 nights.) New is a state of mind. #picturebooks #toddlerlife #bedtime

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Rainy day plan: Books. Blanket. Window. A picture book makes the rain part of the story instead of part of the problem. #picturebooks #rainyday #bedtime

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

October library haul rules: - One book you picked - Two books the tiny hand picked - One book chosen purely for the cover dog The cover dog never disappoints. The cover dog is load-bearing. #picturebooks #library #fallreading

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Fall reading setup: - One blanket for reading - One blanket for the doll - One blanket no one may touch - One book under the blanket somehow Bedtime is cozy. Also mildly logistical. #picturebooks #bedtime #toddlerlife

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

October shelf vote: Does the pumpkin book get chosen because it is seasonal, because it is orange, or because page 4 has a tiny cat? There is always a secret toddler reason. #picturebooks #toddlerlife #fallreading

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The best fall bookmark is usually not a bookmark. A leaf. A grocery receipt. A tiny paper scrap. Whatever marks the place where the bedtime voice paused and everyone agreed: again tomorrow. #picturebooks #bedtime #fallreading

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Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Toddler costume decisions are like book selections: - Monday: dinosaur (committed) - Wednesday: dinosaur but blue - Friday: not a dinosaur anymore - Saturday: dinosaur again The character arc is strong. The plot is unpredictable. #toddlerlife #picturebooks #halloween

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